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EDUCATION
Blues maestros
Bastrop youth play like pros, vol-
unteer around community.
—Page A8
Adopt me
Someone needs your help,
—Page A3
In the courts
Trial dates set for accused mur-
derer.
—Page A2
POLICE BLOTTER
■ On July 23, Officer Mack
spoke with a complainant from the
Hairport Beauty Salon ori Chest-
nut who reported a theft of service
valued at $95 which happened on
June 20. Case pending.
■ On July 24, Officer Ryan
Preston was dispatched to the
Best Western Motel on Hunters
Crossing n reference to a theft of
less than $50, Two suspects may
be identified, the police report
said.
■ On July 24, Officer Christo-
pher Chavez met with a man re-
porting possible criminal mischief
at Fisherman's Park. The com-
plainant said an unknown person
had cut his barbwire fence, a fence
that separates city park property
from the complainant's property,
the police report said. A camping
table was also damaged on the
complainant's property. No sus-
pects or leads were identified.
See BLOTTER, Page A5
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BY JACQUELINE DAVIS
Staff Writer
Two men, one
a local pastor and
another a UPS
truck driver, were
killed in a head-on
collision on Texas
95 Wednesday af-
ternoon when a
tire blew out on a
southbound UPS
truck and collided
with a northbound
septic tank truck,
the Department of Public Safety re-
ported.
Larry Dean Goodwill, 52, of Bas-
trop, and George Reagan Center,
37, of Austin were killed on impact,
DPS said. The wreck occurred about
4 miles south of Elgin, near Cedar
Hills Drive at about 4:46 p.m.
Because of the sewage spill from
the septic tank truck, a large portion
of Texas 95 was closed and crews
See ACCIDENTS, page A6
LARRY GOODWILL
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Staff photos by Jacqueline Davis
At top, a shell of a UPS truck and the undercarriage of a truck
remain after a head-on wreck Wednesday on Texas 95. Above,
the septic truck remains in shambles.
Three BISD
schools are
exemplary
BMS rated 'unacceptable'
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
Three Bastrop schools came out tops,
but one school remains "unacceptable"
under the 2009 accountability ratings
released by the Texas Education Agency
this week.
The TEA ratings are based on stu-
dent scores on the Texas Assessment
of Knowledge & Skills (TAKS) test and
dropout and completion rates.
BISD maintained an overall district
rating of academically acceptable.
Cedar Creek Elementary, Emile El-
ementary and Mina Elementary were all
rated "exemplary."
Bluebonnet Elementary and Lost
Pines Elementary received "recognized"
ratings.
Five schools were "academically ac-
ceptable:" Red Rock Elementary, Bas-
trop Intermediate School, Cedar Creek
Intermediate School, Cedar Creek Mid-
dle School and Bastrop High School.
Bastrop Middle School was rated "un-
acceptable."
Ratings explained
To earn an exemplary rating, all stu-
dent groups on a campus must have 90
percent or more of their students pass
every subject of the TAKS test.
See BISD, page A6
COLORADO BEND
Developer
seeks help
with road
County and city asked
to pick up part of tab
BY JACQUELINE DAVIS
Staff Writer
The developer of the
Colorado Bend subdivi-
sion sought both county
and city support this
week for help in financ-
ing a 3.3-mile road vital
to the success of a 550-
acre, primarily residen-
tial project south of Bas-
trop city limits.
The Colorado Bend
property is 1.3 miles
south of Texas 71 and
immediately west of
Lover's Lane, following
a "bend" in the Colorado
River, thus receiving its
name.
"...I think it is virtually
impossible that we will
pony up $5 million to
get this road devel-
oped.,."
— JOEBEAL
COUNCILMAN
While neither Bas-
trop County commission-
ers nor the Bastrop City
Council took any action
on the matter Monday
or Tuesday, respectively,
the developer is seeking
interlocal agreements
with both bodies for
splitting the cost of the
road into thirds.
The road would con-
nect Texas 304 to Texas
71 at Jackson Street, and
will require a new bridge
across the Colorado Riv-
er. The road and bridge
construction has an es-
timated $14.6 million
price tag, said Paul Line-
han, president of Austin-
based Land Strategies,
the landscape architec-
ture firm retained by
Harvard Investments for
the project.
Without the road and
bridge, the development,
which will potentially
add 1,300 single-family
homes and a small retail
component south of Bas-
trop, will be landlocked
and unworkable. Ac-
cording to a draft of the
interlocal agreement,
the road is a two/four
lane collector and will
be called Colorado Bend
Boulevard. Linehan told
the council he is working
toward de-annexation
from a local water con-
See DEVELOPMENT, page A6
BASTROP
ouncil addresses
valet parkins; issues
BY JACQUELINE DAVIS
Staff Writer
The Bastrop City
Council discussed the
pros and cons of valet
parking in downtown
Bastrop at Tuesday's
regular meeting.
The question of va-
let parking had not
come up in town until
the new Hasler Bros
Steakhouse, a high-end
restaurant hoping to
offer a first-class din-
ng experience for their
clientele, opened on
Chestnut Street near
the Main Street intersec-
tion. Mike and Cindy Her-
man, who restored two
buildings downtown and
turned them into restau-
rants, run Hasler Bros.
Councilmember Julie
Hart said she received
several calls from people
claiming the valet ser-
vice was impeding traffic
flow and, in effect, using
the public parking that is
available to customers of
other downtown business-
es. City Manager Mike
Talbot reported his office
had fielded similar calls.
Bastrop Police Chief
David Board said that
the valet service had not
been causing traffic prob-
lems that he was aware
of, but said there may be
concerns in the future if
business picks up signifi-
cantly at the weeks-old
restaurant.
Mayor Terry Orr said
he had a positive experi-
ence with the valet ser-
vice.
"What I have observed
is it's basically in the din-
ing hours that the valet
parking is used," Orr said.
See PARKING, page A6
Stuff the Bus
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Staff photo by Terry Hagerrty
The community can help out students who need school supplies by donating materials to the Stuff The Bus
program this weekend and next, at the Bastrop Walgreens Drug Store (504 Texas 71, next to Taco Bell).
School bus drivers Patty Montgomery, left, and Jennifer Gill will help collect supplies today and next Sunday,
Aug. 9, from 8 a.m. -4 p.m.